User talk:Flyingidiot/1

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Regarding Your Edit to the Sandbox

Your Wiki Defcon template is positively seizure-inducing. Your lucky I don't have epilepsy. However, I think it is a good way to get somebody's attention for a priority 1 RED ALERT. MichaelLinnear 01:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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Wdefcon

Hey, I really like the design of your defcon (thanks!) but is there any way to get it to show what the user wrote and also the level that the original defcon is? Thanks!--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 20:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh that's great – although I must say waht I meant was some of the alternatives the the Wdefcon update automatically with the Wdefcon, or so it seems. But either way I can def. manage this for now. Thanks!--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 21:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I believe these are:

Vandalism

Moderate to high level of vandalism

Seems to be speeding up --Daniel()Folsom T

4	WikiDefcon 4 Low to moderate level of vandalism
3.80 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot

Just a note, they don't update themselves that quickly on the discussion page of Wdefcon, but for the second one, this page here does (and any other userpages)--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 22:02, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

And by the way – I just made that 3 update (it was 4, that's how i know) – but again, don't trouble yourself over this- i can def. manage how it is now.--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 22:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Haha, well it's true! Haha, anyways, a few things: 1) That's awesome that you got the auto update thing going – although you might want to have it go faster that 1 day – given that the thing is changed sometimes every minute. 2)You might also consider having a "edit" thing like the normal one does, just so people that use it could do everything someone that uses the normal one can – again though your doing a great job!--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 00:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Help

Hey could you help me out with this userbox – you seem to know a lot about templates, and frankly I have no clue what I'm doing wrong User:Danielfolsom/UBX/User Guilt

• Right now I'm trying to say if someone enters a parameter, it shows up as a link (with user being it's prefix, for example if I entered Danielfolsom it would produce the equivelent of [[User:Danielfolsom|Danielfolsom]]) but if they don't enter a parameter, it doesn't show up as a link.
  

This seems to be the only thing so far, but in trying to fix it some weird things have been happening, so I got it down to the most basic version. i'd really appreciate it if you could help me out – but I completely understand if you don't have the time (especially since I'm already burdening you with the Wdefcon). So thanks either way!--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 17:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

a quick note – if you go to the page you'll see two userboxes, one is the actual one, one is a test under <nowiki></nowiki>tags.--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 17:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Uhh I'm kinda confused:

• • • A)wouldn't u need a colon between the user and {{{1}}}?
    • B)Im trying to say if they don't enter anything, then it should just say user's, with no link.

if you can -check out what i have now, while it still doesn't work I think i'm getting closer--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 19:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

And now for some reason the example you posted isn't working ...

Nice

Awesomeness, I'll try it out. However now things are going to get interesting. You know how there are some templates where for every parameter you have to say Template|a=b|c=d ect. and then there are some where you just do Template|b|d – well for the latter, is there any way to skip b and just put d in (as in Template||d – that's all I can think of, but it doesn't work). Again really appreciate this, --Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 19:54, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

By the way, with a few tweaks the code worked (YAY!)--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 20:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Uhmm, I'm using that...--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 20:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

btw, ignore the question, I got it allfigured out :-D —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Danielfolsom (talk • contribs) 20:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

Crap! Ok, based on how many times I've had to ask you questions today, you officially get a "IGNORE DAN FOR A WEEK" card – but I swear, this is the last one, even if I have to stay off Wikipedia because of it. Ok so it might just be taking a while to load, but for some reason my template NoGod isn't workin when I put it in my userbox section (I placed it above my mcintosh one ... Do you have any idea what's up? --Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 21:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good (no asking qs to u for a week), but this is about the same issue

• • • What was wrong with the template?
    • It's still not showing up for me...

--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 23:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Yah I found it – thanks, although now the problem is I can't seem to space it out right. I tried putting half the userboxes in one div and floating them right and half in another (each half had it's own userboxtop and uerboxbottom thing) and floating them left -but they're stuck it seems like ... well hey, thanks for all your help – the week starts now.--Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 01:07, 23 January

2007 (UTC)

Deletion

Is there any reason why your nominating my page for deletion/screwing around with the style? (By the way, I saw the scrolling bar on your WDEFCON, very nice)Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 16:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

K, I'm just wondering if there was a point, and as to the change in styles (putting a dif. box around some of the userboxes but not all of them)?Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U

Style of Talk page

Hey Could you help me out in styling my talk page, as of now you can easily see what I want to do, but whenever you hit that plus button it obviously gets screwed up (there's a table I want everything to go in, but the plus obvioulsy sends it out) – any suggestions? Thanks!Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 16:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh nice, how'd you do that (and uhh...the table won't be archived – right? (auto-archive thing)Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U 16:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice, I really appreciate what your doing with my user page. It's def. risen from the crappiness it was at before. Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U

OMG THAT IS AWEOMSE (the image map) HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!!!Daniel()Folsom ^T|_C|^U

Edit summaries

From what I can tell, you're using an editing script whose name is "Yay" or "Yay Brains" or something like that. Problem: it's not leaving proper edit summaries, so that instead we get things like "replaced page with YAY" and "created page with YAY BRAINS". These look far too evocative of vandalism.

I would appreciate it if you would fix your script. Thanks. DS 15:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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RFD of Nav pop and Navpops

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Defcon Images

Hey there.

I noticed that a few of the images for your defcon template had been deleted. Would it be possible for you to recreate those images, and upload them again? I really like your defcon template, except for the fact that levels 2 and 1 don't actually have pictures.

Thanks, GrooveDog (talk) 14:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Unobrow

Hi Flyingidiot (love the name, btw),

Just wanted to drop by and let you know I took the liberty of removing the CSD tag you placed on Unobrow in favor of a redirect to Unibrow. I find that redirects are extremely effective with new users, as it either shows them that what they're trying to write about already exists or, in cases where the new page is created for purposes of vandalism, makes it harder for them to continue editing.

I think this instance was a simple misspelling on the original contributor's part, which is why I went to the redirect after being alerted of the edit conflict. Hope this is all right by you! --jonny-mt(t)(c) 04:44, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

oops, must clicked tag button instead of redir, ty --( fi ) 04:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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Speedy tags...

Please don't substitute speedy deletion tags, as you have been doing. These tags are meant to simply be transcluded, and substituting them crowds the page with a lot of junk that doesn't need to be there. Thanks. --lifebaka (Talk – Contribs) 23:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Oops- forgot to remove Subst: 01:22, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Cory Brennan

Considering that it has been under construction for more than 20 minutes without significant addition of relevant information, I thought that it would be safe to assume that no information would be added. However, if you insist, I will let the article be until tomorrow, and then judging by its state it can be speedied/prodded. --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:41, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

It's okay. Nobody is perfect. Shall we reinstate the speedy tag? --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:44, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay. :D --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:51, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

BJAODN

Actually, BJAODN may have been deleted from here, but almost all of it is still available on an external site, [1]. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 02:21, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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Melting point of diamond

Hi Idiot,

According to the article, above 1700 °C (1973 K / 3583 °F), diamond is converted to graphite. This is supported by a citation. I have therefore removed the statement that the melting point of diamond is 3546.86°C (3820°K) until you can supply a citation.

Best wishes

--Slashme (talk) 08:21, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi, FI- I noticed your rather large signature in an ANI thread just now, and I thought I might direct you to this guideline. I think it is rather excessively large, and you might want to consider changing it. Thanks! —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 12:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Seconded. 25px size font is much too large for a signature. -kotra (talk) 03:48, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

By the way, I think I may know why you don't see it as being too large. What monitor resolution are you using? Because, while it might appear appropriately sized to you, to people with lower resolutions, it will look somewhat larger- for someone with a 1440x900 resolution, it's about 2.8% of the total height of the screen, and at 1024x768, 3.25%. Not an enormous difference, but because all the other text on the screen is sized relative to the screen's size, it can look huge in comparison; from my view, your sig is over 2 lines tall.

If it doesn't appear so huge to you, can I at least suggest that you change to a relative font size, such as em, x-height or percentage? That way it'll be rendered at the same height at all resolutions.

Otherwise, I'd like to refer you again to WP:SIG which says: "Markup such as <big> tags and <font size="3"> markup (which produce big text)...are to be avoided". From my viewpoint, your sig is the same height as if you had it encased in three sets of <big> tags. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 16:22, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I have reduced my signature size by 5 px, as requested.--( fi ) 18:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Not to be anal about this, but it's still the same size as two nested <big> tags (<big><big>( fi )</big></big>), and as per WP:SIG, we prefer that not even one <big> is used. I would change it to a more standard size, like 11pt, which would look like this: ( fi ). If visibility is what you're going for, it would still stand out more than most sigs. -kotra (talk) 18:57, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree Demortes (talk) 18:58, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group

Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.

I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided. Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus – directions will be sent after registration. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

Willing and able to help us out? RSVP here. Want to know more? Visit our user talk page. Please help us contact other local Wikipedians, too! Commprac01 (talk) 02:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Template loop

Could you perhaps tell me why the line

{{Wdefcon|prefix=User:Flyingidiot/alert/}}

results in a template loop, but the line

{{User:Flyingidiot/alert/Wdefcon}}

doesn't? Debresser (talk) 22:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I guess because Wdefcon is a template, so after recognising the template it seeks for a "prefix" parameter in the template and doesn't find it. Debresser (talk) 13:38, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I saw your answer on my talk page. Let me show you:

{{Wdefcon|prefix=User:Flyingidiot/alert/}} I put it inside <nowiki>...</nowiki> tags now that you have seen it, to keep this page from appearing in Category:Template loop warnings.

See the template loop? Either way, I agree that it is preferable to use the other way, for this reason also. Debresser (talk) 17:42, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Requests

Please don't delete my article about the Edmonton Sundown. Please help expand it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evangp (talk • contribs) 14:16, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

help me expand my article. email me at badapples@fuse.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evangp (talk • contribs) 14:22, 22 June 2009 (UTC) User:Evangp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evangp (talk • contribs) 14:40, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

User talk link in edit summaries

Any particular reason you're putting a user talk page link in your edit summaries? Seems a bit silly. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

help me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evangp (talk • contribs) 22:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

File:Radar2.gif

Hi,

I've noticied the image File:Radar2.gif you created in the English wikipedia. It would be a nice thing to do to tranfer it to Commons so It could be used by other wiki. Pierre cb (talk) 03:12, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:L

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Template loop revisited

Fixed by reverting last edit to User:Flyingidiot/alert/Wdefcon, and remarking out User:Flyingidiot/alert/infoWdefcon. Don't know precisely what happened, though. Debresser (talk) 12:06, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

K. --(ƒî)» 23:50, 17 November 2009 (UTC)